Merrell Church

The community around Merrell Church

It takes 3.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of adults here carry depression. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 43.2%
• Social Isolation: 32.8%
• Depression: 31.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
• Diabetes: 16.6%
• Food Insecurity: 15.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Merrell Church

• Beulah-Humble Memorial Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
• Vaught Chapel — 1.7 mi away
• Newark Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Slate Church — 2.4 mi away
• Rose Hill United Methodist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Ross Church — 3.1 mi away
• Grandview Church — 3.3 mi away
• Bethel United Methodist Church — 3.4 mi away
• Central Hill Church — 3.6 mi away
• Valley Chapel — 4.1 mi away